03/03/2026
You got hurt sprinting. Cutting. Jumping. Training hard.
So why does your rehab never move past floor exercises and light bands?
Here’s the problem:
That generic packet of glute bridges, planks, and side-lying leg raises? It can absolutely calm symptoms down. For a lot of people it works…temporarily.
But athletes don’t live at low intensity.
If your rehab never gets heavier, faster or more demanding..it’s not building the capacity you actually need to handle your sport.
So yea, maybe your pain goes away. Until you ramp training back up.
And then you’re right back where you started.
Pain relief isn’t the goal.
Being able to load, move, and train without constantly flaring up is.
If you lift like an athlete, you need to rehab like one.